I'm pissed off at my HP OfficeJet Pro printer/scanner. The magenta print head is fried even though diagnostics say it's good. Repeated cleanings fail to fix the problem. In the beginning of the pandemic in cartridges were out of stock so I got into the habit of printing black only. But repeated cleanings by the printer still use up color ink. Piss me off. The printer does a self clean around every other time I try to print, which isn't much and wastes more ink cleaning than printing. On top of that, the first page out spec is wrong. If I try to print on a day that the printer wants do do a self-clean, the cleaning process takes about 2 - 3 minutes. So first page out is not 5 seconds like the specs say but half the time 2-3 minutes.
Anyway I need a new printer that I can print color and photos from time to time. I want an Epson Ecotank because they just use ink bottles that are cheap and high ink volume. No expensive cartridges.
But I also need a scanner and the scanner needs to be an ADF with two side scanning. The HP OfficeJet Pro I have does 2 side scanning but I'll bet that when the ink cartridges are empty the printer will refuse to scan too. That's a dirty trick among printer companies. To use the scanner the ink needs to be installed. So most likely even if I try to use the HP as just a scanner and get a new printer, the HP will still use up ink in the cleaning process and I'll have to buy cartridges just to waste them to use the scanner.
So do I buy a very expensive Epson Ecotank that has a 2 side ADF scanner for about $900 or do I buy a single function Ecotank printer and a separate 2 side ADF scanner? The cost will probably end up around the same. The All-in-one will take less space but if one function dies I don't need to replace the whole thing.
Anyway I need a new printer that I can print color and photos from time to time. I want an Epson Ecotank because they just use ink bottles that are cheap and high ink volume. No expensive cartridges.
But I also need a scanner and the scanner needs to be an ADF with two side scanning. The HP OfficeJet Pro I have does 2 side scanning but I'll bet that when the ink cartridges are empty the printer will refuse to scan too. That's a dirty trick among printer companies. To use the scanner the ink needs to be installed. So most likely even if I try to use the HP as just a scanner and get a new printer, the HP will still use up ink in the cleaning process and I'll have to buy cartridges just to waste them to use the scanner.
So do I buy a very expensive Epson Ecotank that has a 2 side ADF scanner for about $900 or do I buy a single function Ecotank printer and a separate 2 side ADF scanner? The cost will probably end up around the same. The All-in-one will take less space but if one function dies I don't need to replace the whole thing.